Soil Food Web with Dr. Elaine Ingham

In this course you will learn to:

• Understand Soil Microlife
• Make biologically powerful compost
• Brew and analyze Compost Tea
• Grow healthier plants and food
• Never look at soil the same way again
• Save the planet through top soil health.

Dr. Elaine Ingham has revolutionized how the science and farming communities understand the life of soil.  Elaine's soil food web approach teaches how to cultivate a soil that is teeming with the right balance of beneficial micro organisms.  Through decades of intensive research, Elaine has truly evolved age-old compost and compost tea strategies to help thousands of farms, golfcourses, ranches, and landscapes to reach incredible productivity without the use of chemical fertilizers or pesticides.  Dr. Elaine Ingham is an energetic, easy-to-understand speaker who can transmit a wealth of knowledge to explain what life in the soil is all about.

The MA Center is the US headquarters for the international humanitarian and spiritual activities of an India saint, Mata Amritanandamayi (known as Amma).  The 180-acre grounds serve as an educational hub for the Bay Area through demonstration of exemplary sustainable design and practices.   Drawn by the site's beauty, accessiblity by public transportation, and the center's uncompromising dedication to using all proceeds to fund international humanitarian aid projects, hundreds of volunteers have joined together in service to plant the orchards and reforest the hillsides.  The MA Center will be using a Soil Food Web approach for the orchards and landscape.

Course Costs:

Common Vision, GreenFriends, and Biologic Systems worked hard to make this course about half the cost of Dr. Elaine Ingham's standard courses.  May this information help thousands!

$265 ~ Intro to the Soil Foodweb (Aug. 10-11)
$135 ~ Compost Technology (Aug. 12)      Strongly recommended to attend Intro class
$135 ~ Compost Tea Technology (Aug. 13)      Strongly recommended to attend Compost class
$160 ~ Light Microscope Class  (Aug. 14)     Each attendee needs to bring a microscope meeting the specifications listed on the registration form.

Limited Work Trade options are available.  For more info email info[at]commonvision.org

Accomodations:

Camping & Organic Breakfast Package: $12/person for Friday and Saturday night.
Common Vision will be hosting camping at Anthony Chabot State Park campsite.  The camping package will include organized carpools and shuttles to and from the campground, organic breakfasts, and likely night-time music/slide shows/movies/treats and morning yoga classes.  Participants provide their own sleeping gear, tents (optional), & marshmallows.  $12/person per night.  $20/couple per night.  Children up to 13 are free.

Hotel:
Room costs in San Ramon or Castro Valley range form $40/night to $120/night.  You will receive a list of local hotels and online hotel 
booking options to assist your room search.  Participants are responsible for booking their own hotel rooms and coordinating their own 
transportation to and from the M.A. Center.  
 
Hotel Room Share:   In efforts to reduce costs to participants, the M.A. Center and Common Vision are creating a contact list of people 
looking to share rooms.   It will include each person’s name, sex, email address, phone number, and room dates.   Disclaimer: This service
is purely to assist course participants in connecting with other participants to share rooms.  The M.A. Center and Common Vision are not 
responsible for your accommodation experience.

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